On Thursday 29 June 2006 08:28 pm, Rony wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:34:31AM +0530, jtd wrote: > > wonder which would be safer. Cable TV has tens of (almost) > > parallel connections with cable length of 25 to fifty meters. > > Each TV would have a surge arrestor - the small neon lamp in the > > antenna lead. Otoh the triband modem will have a proper gas > > discharge lightining suppressor - but only one per circuit with > > much longer cable. > > The main danger is from the terraces that are directly exposed to > the sky. So cable gets hit easily. Actually the ethernet cards must > be getting knocked off due to the high static levels.
Not with humidity levels of 85%. static would dissipate immediately. Is humidity causing the failure?. Or is it voltage leaks from CATV equipment. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
